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Changes to Social Security could impact retirement benefits

March 22, 2016

LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank is recommending that people between the ages of 62 and 66 years of age evaluate their retirement strategies due to the possible impact caused by the Bipartisan Budget Act, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015. As a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act, certain filing strategies will no longer be available to…

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78th District Court sentencings.

March 21, 2016
78th District Court sentencings.

The court news is sponsored by Emelander Law Firm, PC, serving Oceana, Mason and Newaygo counties. Office: 231.303.5005; Cell: 231.303.0905. www.emelanderlaw.com. By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Billie Arthur Welch, 68, of 2415 Meadow Ave., Rothbury, was found guilty March 14 of assault and battery and sentenced to 93…

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County employees’ prom event raises money for Roy’s Kids.

March 21, 2016
County employees’ prom event raises money for Roy’s Kids.

  PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Oceana County employees recently hosted the second annual “Time Warp Prom” at the Pentwater Days Inn & Suites, raising $651 for the Roy’s Kids charitable program. This year’s event featured a luau theme and was very well-attended. Roy’s Kids is a local charity that provides gifts and holiday meals to less fortunate families in Oceana County.…

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Teen faces terrorism charge for allegedly threatening to blow up school.

March 20, 2016
Teen faces terrorism charge for allegedly threatening to blow up school.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. WALKERVILLE — Bryce Chandler Fulford-Hasse, 17, of 9411 12 Mile Rd., Walkerville, was arrested March 3 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office for a felony of false report or threat of terrorism, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Fulford-Hasse allegedly wrote, “I’m going to blow the school away at 3:30 p.m.”…

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Ludington man dies after US 31 crash. 

March 19, 2016

WEARE TOWNSHIP — A 34-year-old Ludington man died Saturday, March 19, following a two-vehicle crash at US 31 and Oceana Drive at 4:35 p.m. A preliminary investigation by Michigan State Police Hart Post indicates that William Charles Sielski was in the process of making a left turn from the top of the north bound US 31 exit ramp at Oceana…

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